2019 NBA Finals Thread #6: Golden State Warriors vs Toronto Raptors | TOR LEADS 3-1

[LouisLitt]

Are the Warriors playing games with the injury status?

Kerr's will he wont he game to game circus is getting nauseating. Take that bush league non-sense back to san fran after you get your ass kicked in game 5.

It has to be more than that.

There must be some sort of disconnect between KD and Kerr.

KD practiced once for like 20 minutes after not playing for a month. Unless Kerr is a complete clown and though this mind game would work (which it hasn't), there has to be something internal that we're not hearing about.

[Admiral-Kizaru]

this game is just a formality at this point, this series is over

it's gonna be a revamp off season for the dubs

Oh ye of little faith unless you’re just trying to mentally cushion yourself.

i have 0 faith, and haven't had a lot of the majority of the year, our depth is completely shot, I don't trust in Kerr's in-game adjustments, our players are tired, and defensively we've been poor the entire season.

All objectively true statements but as a fan all you can do is watch and cross your fingers. All I want is good defense to be played. If they play great defense and still lose I won’t be mad or too upset. Good defense isn’t even compulsory in the past games if iggy, dray and to a lesser extent role players could hit wide open shots at a mediocre or even slightly below average rate.


Games 3 and 4 in oracle were winnable but Dray and Iggy turning into Barnes 2.0 made it not so. Nevertheless all we can hope for is for the boys to finally answer the bell like they did against Houston.

If iggy and Shaun retire do you know if it frees up any cap space?

[clyde21]

Oh ye of little faith unless you’re just trying to mentally cushion yourself.

i have 0 faith, and haven't had a lot of the majority of the year, our depth is completely shot, I don't trust in Kerr's in-game adjustments, our players are tired, and defensively we've been poor the entire season.

All objectively true statements but as a fan all you can do is watch and cross your fingers. All I want is good defense to be played. If they play great defense and still lose I won’t be mad or too upset. Good defense isn’t even compulsory in the past games if iggy, dray and to a lesser extent role players could hit wide open shots at a mediocre or even slightly below average rate.


Games 3 and 4 in oracle were winnable but Dray and Iggy turning into Barnes 2.0 made it not so. Nevertheless all we can hope for is for the boys to finally answer the bell like they did against Houston.

If iggy and Shaun retire do you know if it frees up any cap space?

Iggy isn't retiring, he's set to make 17mil next season

and Shaun is gone, but that won't free up any cap space, will just help us save a bit on the luxury tax.

[Admiral-Kizaru]

i have 0 faith, and haven't had a lot of the majority of the year, our depth is completely shot, I don't trust in Kerr's in-game adjustments, our players are tired, and defensively we've been poor the entire season.

All objectively true statements but as a fan all you can do is watch and cross your fingers. All I want is good defense to be played. If they play great defense and still lose I won’t be mad or too upset. Good defense isn’t even compulsory in the past games if iggy, dray and to a lesser extent role players could hit wide open shots at a mediocre or even slightly below average rate.


Games 3 and 4 in oracle were winnable but Dray and Iggy turning into Barnes 2.0 made it not so. Nevertheless all we can hope for is for the boys to finally answer the bell like they did against Houston.

If iggy and Shaun retire do you know if it frees up any cap space?

Iggy isn't retiring, he's set to make 17mil next season

and Shaun is gone, but that won't free up any cap space, will just help us save a bit on the luxury tax.

Welp iggy not calling it quits is a bit disappointing

[ChiCitySPORTS#1]

If KD doesnt play, he must be really hurt and his injury is worse than reported. No way does someone sit out this game if they can physically play -- even with free agency few weeks away. He can tear his achilles and would still get a max deal from any team.

[Hindenburg]

Just heard that it's $4k to just get in a door for tonights Game 5. Courtside seat is around $60k.

Anyone here attending?

[RaptorsLife]

Read on Twitter

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[The Moose]

man, I'm excited now that KD is in.
The story lines here are crazy

[PhilBlackson]

The Warriors are just trying to play with the Raptors a little bit.

They know KD is playing tonight.

They just want the suddeness to catch them off guard and try to rattle them a little mentally.

[Pharmcat]

Gsw should be favored with Durant back in the fold now

[HBK_Kliq_33]

History shows us that the Raptors are a championship winning team! We have seen the 2018-19 Raptors before in another form, the Chicago Bulls.

King Kawhi the Sensational KLaw = MJ/Pippen
Pascal = Pippen/Horace Grant
Gasol = Bill Cartwright/Luc Longley
Lowry = BJ Armstrong/Ron Harper
Ibaka = Horace Grant/John Salley
VanVleet = John Paxson/Steve Kerr
Green = Ron Harper/Craig Hodges

This insight is true, my friends. You know what it is.

I would flip flop Siakam and Lowry. A lot of people considered pippen the second best player in the entire NBA during bulls titles, he was at the very least the 2nd best wing player of the 90s and Siakam is obviously just not on that level. Ball handling/passing Pippen just blows Siakam out of the water and even pippen's weakness in shooting is still better than Siakam's shooting. Lowry is closer to pippen impact than Siakam is but in reality they just have a legit superstar like Pippen.

[nedleeds]

Most important who are the referees tonight? Foster and Brothers means the quest for ratings is on.

Game is tomorrow night

Sorry I was travelling and forgot. But yeah, I think Silver will push the fix through his usual cronies. Who are the refs for tonight?

[DK-All Day]

Let’s say Durant returns at 60-70%....Warriors in 7.

[PD28]

Series just keeps getting more exciting, bring it KD!

[ropjhk]

Whether KD plays or not we are in for one helluva game tonight. The Raptors are not going to be intimidated by all this KD speculation. If the Warriors win this game it will be because they played at their highest level. No matter what the outcome of this series is from this point out something historical in the biggest sense is going to happen. No matter what, this finals will be one of the most remembered finals of all time.

[everdiso]

Thing people don't seem to realize is that the Raps are still better than a healthy Warriors team.

They'll learn eventually.

[ropjhk]

History shows us that the Raptors are a championship winning team! We have seen the 2018-19 Raptors before in another form, the Chicago Bulls.

King Kawhi the Sensational KLaw = MJ/Pippen
Pascal = Pippen/Horace Grant
Gasol = Bill Cartwright/Luc Longley
Lowry = BJ Armstrong/Ron Harper
Ibaka = Horace Grant/John Salley
VanVleet = John Paxson/Steve Kerr
Green = Ron Harper/Craig Hodges

This insight is true, my friends. You know what it is.

I would flip flop Siakam and Lowry. A lot of people considered pippen the second best player in the entire NBA during bulls titles, he was at the very least the 2nd best wing player of the 90s and Siakam is obviously just not on that level. Ball handling/passing Pippen just blows Siakam out of the water and even pippen's weakness in shooting is still better than Siakam's shooting. Lowry is closer to pippen impact than Siakam is but in reality they just have a legit superstar like Pippen.

Was Pippen that highly regarded during the Bulls first championship? The Raptors are on the verge of their first championship, so any Bulls comparisons should be limited to just the 1991 team IMO.

[TDotJon]

so KD who hasn't been able to run in over a month is all of a sudden going to put the Warriors over the top lol he will be sucking wind and be a defensive liability out there.

[mattyBoi]

Toronto fans have already become insufferable in such a short period of time.

[Bank Shot]

KD is probably going to have guard Siakam. Good luck with that.